Industrial Hemp in NZ,

Past Present and Future

Challenges and Changes

Richard Barge – Deputy Chair NZ

Hemp Industries Association Inc
(1997)
 Richard Barge – Deputy Chair NZHIA
• What is iHemp, introduction to the NZHIA
and the iHemp regulations
• The challenge of working with hemp, why
is it a good idea and the political risk
• Changing attitudes, challenges of education
• A brand new raw material – challenges for
industry and the primary producers
• Challenges of scale – supply and demand
• iHemp - A Catalyst for Change
 What is industrial hemp?

• Industrial hemp is cannabis

with a low THC content
• An annual herbaceous crop
growing to maturity in 90-120
days
• Requires little if any
agriculture inputs and is a
phytoremediator
• Producing seed, fiber,
leaf/flower and roots
The NZHIA, incorporated
in 1997
The hemp seed
contains omega
3,6,9 + 20 amino
acids, including
all the essential
ones. And is high
in protein

“Supermarket
News march 2019”
 Thank you for your
attention and interest in
the emerging iHemp
industry

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